FOLIO OLIO: MONDAY #1843

NEWSY STUFF

My buddy, Dan, just moved his bar to a much nicer and much bigger location. This is his grand re-opening...or as I called it, the maiden voyage of the good ship Beer Me Dano.

The Texas father whose wife and daughter were killed after being hit by a drunk driver criticized Tuesday’s probation ruling sparing the teen repeat offender responsible from prison time because of his rich upbringing.

But while not disputing that Couch had broken the law by drinking as a minor and driving under the influence, a psychologist testifying on his behalf argued that he had developed a condition called “affluenza” because his family’s wealth had led him to grow up with a feeling of entitlement.

My daughter and I have had several exchanges about this subject. These next two items makes my point exactly...

Final thought: This has been going on forever, everywhere.

How to know you are NOT your nephew's favorite uncle...

It snowed in Egypt for the first time in 112 years...

Just something else to worry about.

Well, this guy went viral in about 20 seconds...

When I watched him live, I thought he was using the same movements over and over....and I was right...

They had a real sign language guy on TV reading what he said and it was just about that ridiculous.
Might I make a suggestion for a career change...

(I know that was dated, but I don't do news on weekends)

I am very attracted to the passion of protesters...

...but I'm still uncomfortable with governance by mob rule.

And, yes, it was windy in Norway of all places...

I bet whoever received this shit in his/her pants...

The April 3, 1950 issue of Life magazine included an article about Dr. Sei-ichi Fukushi, curator of the Imperial University of Tokyo's collection of tattooed human skins. As of 1950, he had already acquired 38 human skins which were on display in the University's gallery, and Dr. Fukushi was eager to expand the collection.

PETRICHOR : The scent of rain on dry ground.

World Without People explained that these snakes would completely take over the Everglades without people to cull them. Even the alligators would disappear...

Male employees are suing Archie Comics' CEO Nancy Silberkleit for gender discrimination. Her alleged workplace behavior, reported in the New York Daily News, is bizarre:

- refuses to call male employees by their names and instead refers to all of them as “Penis.”

- frequently yells “Penis! Penis! Penis!” in staff meetings.

- invites Hell’s Angels into the office to intimidate employees.

- frequently inquires about the location of a handgun and 750 rounds of ammunition she believes her late husband kept in the office.

- stalks employees and their families

"Silberkleit contends that the case should be tossed out because white males are not 'a protected class.'"

I read this article...

Charmingly illustrated guide to insects you should not have sex with.

You ever seen all that shit they have hanging in Cracker Barrel? It would be a death trap in the event of an earthquake.

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A-26 Testing A Modified Bouncing Bomb

Not so much "bouncing" as skipping. The bomb was used to destroy a damn in Germany. It was skipped across the water until it hit the damn, then sunk down to the damn's base where it exploded. Conventional bombs would have had little to no effect on such a massive structure, but the concussion under water amplified the effect.

Cool way to put on a bathing cap...

Ever shrunk a garment in the dryer? Turns out there's a way to unshrink clothes: soak them in baby shampoo or hair conditioner, then stretch them out (ideally, by wearing them) as they dry.

How does it feel to know god is a black woman?

OOMVO...

I wake up in a good mood every morning…it’s the next 16 hours that are iffy.

Hog farms in the Midwest are great big barns sitting on top of great big pits filled with a great deal of awful-smelling manure. The pigs walk about on a slatted floor that lets manure fall into the pit several feet below. Around 2007, farmers began noticing pig poop acting funny. The normally liquid mixture started producing foamy bubbles, rising up and up, past the slats, right to the pigs’ cloven hooves. Then it got worse. Among the gases in the bubbling foam are two of special note: methane and hydrogen sulfide—both highly flammable. All it takes is a small spark and Kaboom! In September 2011, a barn explosion killed 1,500 pigs and seriously injured one worker. It was just the most serious in a string of barn explosions that have cost farmers millions of dollars in the past several years.

PERMANENT STORM ON POLE OF SATURN...

We call this science porn...

A day may come that I fold my laundry, but this is not that day.

Life's a bitch...and some days it has puppies.

Secret spy satellite not so subtle...

What if I told you all chaps are assless.

I think that each human is given an allotted number of orgasms and I simply used all mine.

Interesting wording...

How does one "fall pregnant"? Is it like..."Oops! I fell on the dicks of the entire football team all night long."

"Wind mountaineering" allows you to ski uphill...

No mention of whether they ski down in the normal fashion, then go back up using this device.

You can use a leaf blower on a clogged drain...

There are boats so secret they don't have a traditional launching ceremony.

In 1939, Dr. Frank Cyr rose to the occasion and organized a conference at the University of Manhattan in order to develop school bus standards. Prior to this, he had travelled the country observing the various types of school buses in use and safety precautions that they used, if any. The conference was funded by a $5000 grant (about $81,571 today) from the Rockefeller Foundation and attracted transportation officials from all 48 states in the Union at the time.